Getting to Know You!

[HillSlugger]

Welcome Carla! I love your signature line!

[mandiepandie]

Real name: Amanda
Where do you live? Yucaipa, CA

Explanation of your handle: My nickname growing up.

Explanation of your avatar: just me riding..

Age (general or specific) 24

Occupation: Stay at home momma of three under three.

Favorite bike: Do I have to choose???

What's in your stable? Right now I have a Trek 820, but Im going to be upgrading to a Fuel EX 8, and I have a Trek 1.2 for the road.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Really couldnt tell you.. I dont pay much attention to my speed.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Honestly.. If i could figure out how to put it on here I would.



What is the biggest lie you've ever told: If I told any I try to forget it.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Probably the last ride I went on. It was horrible... I crashed just about every five minutes.

Most fun ever had on a bike? I rode with my husband through some hills and came up on an old abandoned farm that still had old trucks and stuff around it. I like that kind of stuff... seeing things that have been sitting there since the people left. Makes you wonder what their life was like there.
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[silentlysailing]

Real name: Natalie
Where do you live? Denton, TX

Explanation of your handle: My parents took me on a ton of cruises and I like being on boats drifting along with the waves. I guess, too, that I can get dreamy on my bike at a relaxed pace.

Explanation of your avatar: mmm don't have one

Age (general or specific) 21

Occupation: student

Favorite bike: I don't really know except I like a lot of the dutch ones/around town/city bikes

What's in your stable? Trek 7.3fx

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 30ish/fast enough to make me want to slow down, it was going down a hill on the south side of the A&M campus like last year.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? hmm. I need to get a new one soon.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Don't know, normally I tend to try to forget about them lol.

Most memorable moment on my bike: getting caught in a hail storm on my bike while trying to get to school last year.

Most fun ever had on a bike? I tend to just like to explore on my bike. I've had fun with the group rides with friends.

[moderncyclista]

Real name: Elaine
Where do you live? KANSAS
Explanation of your handle: I picked something I didn't think anyone else would have and I love cycling.
Explanation of your avatar: Haven't put one up...yet

Age (general or specific) 33
Occupation: graphic design student/freelance designer/coffee wench

Favorite bike: Do I have to choose? Okay, the ones with wheels.
What's in your stable? 2010 Trek 520 and 2009 Jamis Aurora (I love steel frames, if this makes me a retro-grouch...so be it. Sold a Trek 7.2 FX 2007, prior to that only Mountain bikes.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? I don't know...I don't keep track. Weird huh? A guy on Critical Mass said we were going 25 one day on a flat stretch of road...but I can't verify it. Kansas

Another picture of yourself or your ride?

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Um, I dont know. Any in my teens were whoppers I'm sure.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Riding anywhere especially with friends.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Critical Mass with friends doing First Friday Art Walk on Bikes, etc, etc. Fun is had at all times on the bikes.

Did I miss anything?

[jarider]

Real name: Jerry
Where do you live? Kingston, Jamaica

Explanation of your handle: Ja short for Jamaica, Jamaican rider
Explanation of your avatar:Havent done one yet

Age (general or specific) almost 52

Occupation: Operations Director

Favorite bike: I guess its the one I just bought lol, my first love, Cannondale F7 I think

What's in your stable? see above

Fastest speed on a road bike? fastest speed on my mountain bike 32mph coming down off the mountain, first and last time i have gone that fast. Too old for a wipeout

Another picture of yourself or your ride? working on it

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: thats top secret

Most memorable moment on my bike: Riding up into the mountains, seeing the sun coming up over the tops of them on a cool, misty morning.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Stopping for breakfast after a two hour uphill ride lol i love to eat

[musicalwolf4]

Real name: Rachel
Where do you live? Near Disney World, FL

Explanation of your handle: I have a wolf dog and I am a musician
Explanation of your avatar:Havent done one yet

Age (general or specific) I'm a college student...

Occupation: student/graphic design intern

Favorite bike:I have a trek that I really like. My bike before this one...lets just say..I biked to the local mall and on my way home the tires BOTH died(and my travel pump couldn't help because the innertube was punctured) AND my handlebars started falling off because the screws had been stripped.

What's in your stable? huh?

Fastest speed on a road bike? never timed myself

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I have a picture somewhere of myself carrying my bike through the woods?

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I don't tell lies.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Making it all the way to the mall and back for the first time without feeling like I'd pass out.

Most fun ever had on a bike? biking in the rain to 7-11 for slurpies and candy

[IFjane]

I can't remember when I last said this, but WELCOME EVERYONE!

[moderncyclista]

This is a photo of one of my rides - "Buckley" my Trek 520.

[Catrin]

Real name: Catherine
Where do you live? Speedway, Indiana

Explanation of your handle: Welsh version of my name - I never have to worry about it being taken

Explanation of your avatar: My new bike!

Age (general or specific) 50

Occupation: Senior Planner/Data Modeler

Favorite bike: The one on the picture!

What's in your stable? Trek 7.6 FX WSD

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Slow. Really Slow and working to becoming Less Slow (just learning how to ride)

Another picture of yourself or your ride? When I get another one - though I am camera shy my bike isn't!

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Have forgotten all of the whoppers from from younger years

Most memorable moment on my bike: The first time that I managed to get the bike moving forward with no wobbling or fallong over!

Most fun ever had on a bike? See above!

[Faster Pussycat]

just noticed this thread and thought I should introduce myself...


Real name: Tegan
Where do you live? Sydney, Australia

Explanation of your handle: Faster Pussycat are a band... named after a movie. It isn't a coinkydink that this pussycat would like to be faster!

Explanation of your avatar: I can explain the absence of an avatar in that I have not found a photo flatering enough for the interweb.

Age (general or specific) 30

Occupation: Research Manager

Favorite bike: The one and only that I own, a 2009 Specialized Ruby

What's in your stable? see above

Fastest speed on a road bike? 55km/hr down "blood hill"

Another picture of yourself or your ride? will see what I can dig up

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I am sure it was to my mother and that it involved my whereabouts on new years eve aged sixteen.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Decending through Sydney's northern national parks. You can smell the eucalyptus as you enter the gates and its as though you are a world away from the city.In winter it can easily drop ten degrees between the top and the bottom. You need to watch for wallabies though, they tend to be unpredictable.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Gossiping with mah girls. Always makes up the up hill grind fly by and the menfolk are amazed that we NEVER run out of things to talk about.

[MaineCycleChick]

Hi ladies! I am so psyched to be here with you all. I have lost 100 pounds since this past January, and am ready to be competitive in centuries, marathons, tri's...you name it! My husband works in a bike shop, and has set me up with a sweet Cannondale Synapse. I have been working out 4 days a week at the gym, working upper and lower body, building my core strength, and doing lots of cardio and fat-burning on elliptical trainers, recumbent bikes and running on the treadmill. My big goal for this year is the Trek Across Maine, but I want to get involved in other events too.

Great to be here!

[slowandsurly]

I just wanted to say hi. I have been lurking on this forum for about two years. I took a 15 year hiatus from biking, although I really was never that serious about it. But I have recently decided to start riding again. I've completed 3 centuries... HHH about 15 years ago on a mtn bike, and Seagull Century the last two years on my LHT.
I've learned so much from this forum, including how to make the most yummy bread So thank you!
I'm hoping to do a cycle tour this summer and have some questions I will post in the tour forum.

Carol

[Hunter]

Real name: Hunter
Where do you live? Southern shore of Maui

Explanation of your handle: Just my name
Explanation of your avatar: My bike

Age (general or specific) Aged to perfection

Occupation: Writer

Favorite bike: My 2005 Specialized Sirrus WSD.
What's in your stable? see above

Fastest speed on a road bike? Not fast, just persistent.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? My ride is my avatar.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I don't lie. My memory isn't good enough.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Hasn't happened yet.

Most fun ever had on a bike? So far, watching the sun come up over Haleakala.

[hammertime]

Hi... I'm on here somewhere as Kat. I changed my username. Not too many people know me anyway, so I don't think changing my username will cause any confusion, LOL!!

but for those "few" who may have known me as "Kat", I'm now "Hammertime"

Just thought I'd put it out there.

Plan on being more active on this site this year... and I'm getting a new "sweet" bike and plan on riding LOTS more and racing!!!!

[XMcShiftersonX]

I just found this post, so I thought I'd give it a try!

Real name: Jessica

Where do you live? Renton, Washington

Explanation of your handle: On one of my first rides with my husband he nicknamed me Shifty McShifterson because I was constantly shifting up and down gears trying to find the right level of resistance. The whole name didn't fit here so I cut it down and added X's because I'm Straight Edge.

Explanation of your avatar: Just got one, it's my bike!

Age (general or specific): 25

Occupation: Intensive Care Nurse

Favorite bike: My 2010 Orbea Dama

What's in your stable? See above

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 37.6 MPH, on my favorite downhill in Renton coming down 180th St. Just a month ago or so.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I can't think of anything, I try not to lie, so it probably would have been as a kid.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Probably when my husband and I rented bikes while on our honeymoon in Portugal. Even though my bike was an ancient mountain bike - there's no place quite like Europe with the cobblestone roads. We have a beautiful picture of us with our bikes on top of a hill we rode up that overlooks the very blue ocean (It's the picture on my profile).

Most fun ever had on a bike? Recently my husband and I road from our house, up Tiger Mountain, and back. Any ride with my husband is a fun ride, but it was a new route, I love being able to just leave from my house, I did the most climbing and mileage I've ever done so far, I proved to myself I could handle my clipless pedals and my new bike, and I went almost 40MPH down a hill, what could be better?!

That was fun!

-Jessica